At 4:15 AM on Tuesday, Aqrab 15, 1386 in the Solar Hijri calendar (November 6, 2007), one of the deadliest suicide attacks in Afghanistan’s history took place in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. The incident occurred as a parliamentary economic delegation, led by Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Chairman of the National Economic Commission of Afghanistan’s Parliament, had arrived to inaugurate the newly reconstructed Baghlan Industrial enterprise.
This tragic event resulted in the death and injury of approximately 200 Afghan citizens, including 57 students from the “Martyrs of Baghlan Industrial High School” and six members of the National Economic Commission.